Buried Worlds VR

Sweep, dig, pan, and travel the world's great gold rushes. A gold-prospecting adventure in virtual reality.

Out now · Early Access

US$14.99 on the Meta Horizon Store·Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro

The prospector's day

The whole loop, from first signal to the next departure.

01DetectSweep the coil low and slow. The signal tells you what's down there before you break ground.
02DigPick your spot and put the pickaxe to work. Every hole is a small bet.
03PanTake the paydirt to water. Swirl, tilt, and watch the colour settle in the riffle.
04Stow & sellFill the pouch, weigh in at the trader, and turn dust into a bankroll.
05TravelBuy a ticket to the next rush. Five worlds, each seeded by its real history.

What Early Access means here

The expedition is real and playable. It is also still being extended.

In the game today
  • Five destinations, each drawn from a real place where real treasure was found.
  • The whole loop — detector, pickaxe, pan, sieve, magnet and brush.
  • English and French, seated or standing, teleport or free movement.
  • No internet connection needed once it is installed.
What comes next
  • Kimberley, the Western Australian diamond country, is built and waiting — it is the first destination to arrive after launch.
  • More sites after it, working toward twelve in the full version.
  • Six languages, translated by people rather than by machine.
How to push it along
  • There is a feedback screen inside the game. It reaches the developer directly, and it does not ask who you are.
  • The Discord is a direct line to the developer, and the first place new destinations get argued about.
Join the Discord

Built by one person in Victoria, Australia. If something is broken or wrong — particularly if you actually swing a coil — that is worth hearing about far more than a kind review.

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Buried Worlds
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A free daily deduction dig, and the quickest way to try the idea without a headset. Six digs, one buried relic, same field for everyone.

Every day, one relic is buried somewhere in a shared field. Sweep your detector, read the signal, and triangulate the spot in six digs or fewer. Then share your grid and compare routes with everyone else who dug the same field.

Play today's dig
Detector readingdig 4 / 6
COLD
WARM
HOT
GOLD!

Talk to the person who made it

Buried Worlds VR was built by one person in Victoria, and he is on the Discord most days. It is a direct line for questions and bug reports, and the first place new destinations get argued about.

Join the Discord